WEBVTT THE COUNTY HAS AGREED TO ADD MORE FUNDS FOR THE PROJECT BUT STATE FUNDING IS ALSO NEEDED. ERIN: FEES AT MONTEREY COUNTY PARKS COULD BE GOING UP. ACTION NEWS REPORTER CAITLIN CONRAD JOINS US LIVE WITH MORE ON THE STORY. CAITLIN: THE PARKS COMMISSION IS LOOKING AT MAKING SURE THAT EVERYONE WHO USES MONTEREY COUNTY PARKS IS PAYING FOR THEM. MONTEREY COUNTY COULD SOON START CRACKING DOWN ON PEOPLE WHO WALK IN TO COUNTY PARKS WITHOUT PAYING A DIME. >> SOMETIMES ITS BETTER FOR ME TO JUST PARK OUT HERE AND THEN WALK IN SO YOU DON’T HAVE TO PAY GET IN OR NOTHING LIKE THAT. CAITLIN: JEFF ALBARRAN ADMITS HE OFTEN WALKS INTO TORO PARK WITHOUT PAYING, SOMETHING THE COUNTY UP UNTIL NOW HAS ALLOWED. >> IF YOU’RE JUST TRYING TO GO ON A HIKE OR SOMETHING THERE IS NO REASON TO PARK AND PAY TO GO IN THERE IF YOU’RE JUST RIGHT OUT HERE. IT JUST MAKES IT A LOT EASIER. CAITLIN: BUT ONE OF THE PROPOSED CHANGES TO THE COUNTY PARKS FEE SCHEDULE IS ADDING A WALK IN FEE. THE REASONING IS THAT PEOPLE WALK INTO THE PARK USE THE FACILITIES JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE AND THEY SHOULD HAVE TO PAY TOO. THE PARKS COMMISSION IS ALSO LOOKING AT RAISING PRICES AT SOME LOCATIONS ON ITEMS RANGING FROM CANCELLATION FEES TO CAMPSITE RESERVATIONS. >> THIS WAS REALLY REASONABLE. IT WAS $37 PER SITE, $74 TOTAL FOR EACH NIGHT. AND 12 OF US AND VERY FLEXIBLE SO THAT’S WHAT WE LIKED. ROB -- LIKE. CAITLIN: ROB LEIF IS THE DAD IN A FAMILY OF 12 HE SAYS THEY PINCH PENNIES AND THE LOW COST TO CAMP AT LAGUNA SECA WAS PART OF WHAT DREW THEM IN HE SAYS IF -- THEM AND. HE SAYS IF THE COUNTY DOES INCREASE PRICES FOR SITES THEY’LL LIKELY STILL COME BACK AS LONG AS ITS NOT TOO MUCH. >> OTHER ALTERNATIVES THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT EVEN IF WE COULD SCHEDULE THEM WHICH WE REALLY COULDN’T FIGURE THEM OUT WERE LIKE 200 OR $300 PER NIGHT. CAITLIN: THE PARKS COMMISSION LOOK AT THIS NEXT MONTH AND COULD BRING IT BEFORE THE BOARD BEFORE THE END OF SUMMER. ERIN: THE WALK-IN CRACK DOWN COULD ALSO DETERMINE FEES FOR PEOPLE WHO RIDE THEIR BIKES INTO PARKS FOR FREE

Monterey County Parks is revising its fee scheduled and the Parks Commission is considering a crack-down on Toro Park walk-ins.

The county is reviewing its park fees schedule and one item its reviewing is walk-ins and bike-ins at county parks.

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"Sometimes it's better for me to just park out here and then walk in so you don't have to pay to get in," said hiker Jeff Albarran.

Albarran is far from the only person who knows this trick. On a sunny day at Toro Park a line of cars can be found parked just outside the gates. Park goers leave their cars behind on 117th Drive and enter the park on foot.

"If you're just trying to go on a hike or something there is no reason to park and pay to go in there," Albarran said.

County park volunteers said the problem is people who walk-in use the facilities just like those who drive in and pay.

No price has been set for walk-ins yet but $2.00 is the fee the county has been looking at implementing.

The county parks fee schedule has not been updated since 2014 and the parks commission is looking at a number of changes, adding an application fee for park projects, adding discounts for students and adding free entry for children under five years of age.

The parks commission will likely finalize its recommendations in August and the issue could go before the board of supervisors before the end of summer.